Pseudo-Hugo: Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold, published 1989
(In-Universe #7 chronologically in the Miles Vorkosigan Saga)
I skipped Ethan of Athos 1.) because it's not in my library and 2.) because it doesn't have Miles. I'm fairly sure I'll go back later and read it at some point.
This was a really nice suspenseful novel and it made me laugh frequently, wig out frequently, and essentially keep turning the pages. I liked Elli Quinn's character here and how we actually get to meet her now instead of her just being an injured soldier in the infirmary like she was in The Warrior's Apprentice. I am pretty much hopelessly in love with Ivan Vorpatril. In fact, Miles went a little weird in this one and started to rub me the wrong way like Barrayar and Shards of Honors did and I'm getting to like Ivan more.
I liked the story Miles made up about being/having a clone. I loved how Miles was frazzled and pretty much had his multiple personalities splitting and converging and going absolutely wild. What I did not love was the actual appearance of a clone and Miles going wiggy over the really odd human rights status of said clone in various cultures and then to his own mind. I just don't find it believable that someone finds out they have a clone and is instantly accepting of that. That's fairly unrealistic. "Hey you have a clone!" "Awesome!!" No. By the end of the novel I was pretty fed up with Miles and his "free-thinking." I'm inclined to agree that clones have human rights (like androids!), but seriously I just don't think someone who was unwittingly copied is going to be that thrilled about it. That's probably why I was far more sympathetic to Ivan by the end who basically ends up on the bad end of all of Miles' plots. I love Miles being a spastic hyper genius, when he went off into unthinking Betan human rights lala-land he rubbed me wrong enough that his spastic hyper geniusness ended up being quite annoying. So, let's get back to Awesome Miles instead of Annoying Miles, ok?
I liked this novel. Yet again. Bujold and Miles continue to amaze (and continue to eat my brain). So far, I think my favorite is definitely The Vor Game. That certainly stands out as the high point at this point.
(In-Universe #7 chronologically in the Miles Vorkosigan Saga)
I skipped Ethan of Athos 1.) because it's not in my library and 2.) because it doesn't have Miles. I'm fairly sure I'll go back later and read it at some point.
This was a really nice suspenseful novel and it made me laugh frequently, wig out frequently, and essentially keep turning the pages. I liked Elli Quinn's character here and how we actually get to meet her now instead of her just being an injured soldier in the infirmary like she was in The Warrior's Apprentice. I am pretty much hopelessly in love with Ivan Vorpatril. In fact, Miles went a little weird in this one and started to rub me the wrong way like Barrayar and Shards of Honors did and I'm getting to like Ivan more.
I liked the story Miles made up about being/having a clone. I loved how Miles was frazzled and pretty much had his multiple personalities splitting and converging and going absolutely wild. What I did not love was the actual appearance of a clone and Miles going wiggy over the really odd human rights status of said clone in various cultures and then to his own mind. I just don't find it believable that someone finds out they have a clone and is instantly accepting of that. That's fairly unrealistic. "Hey you have a clone!" "Awesome!!" No. By the end of the novel I was pretty fed up with Miles and his "free-thinking." I'm inclined to agree that clones have human rights (like androids!), but seriously I just don't think someone who was unwittingly copied is going to be that thrilled about it. That's probably why I was far more sympathetic to Ivan by the end who basically ends up on the bad end of all of Miles' plots. I love Miles being a spastic hyper genius, when he went off into unthinking Betan human rights lala-land he rubbed me wrong enough that his spastic hyper geniusness ended up being quite annoying. So, let's get back to Awesome Miles instead of Annoying Miles, ok?
I liked this novel. Yet again. Bujold and Miles continue to amaze (and continue to eat my brain). So far, I think my favorite is definitely The Vor Game. That certainly stands out as the high point at this point.